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Institutional networks and self-organized adaptation: Tracing the democratic architectures of climate response

https://doi.org/10.5878/4s7a-c964
This project, “Institutional Networks and Self-organized Adaptation”, examines the role of rural institutions and public support systems in shaping responses to shocks and stressors in rural India & Nepal during 2020-21. We include stressors related to COVID-19, climate, health, and other challenges identified by rural households. The data includes: - Village information on demographics, infrastructure, and natural resources - Village level institutions involved in livelihood support and adaptive responses - Networks of interaction between these institutions - Household information on demographics, livelihoods, interaction with institutions, shocks & stressors, and responses to these stressors Household level data includes high-frequency repeat visits (approximately monthly) to gather detailed information about stressors and responses over the calendar year. This dataset contains 480 households nested within 16 local governmental units in the Himalayan region. This includes 8 villages in the Kangra District of India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh and the Dhulikhel and Ramechhap Districts of east central Nepal. Through repeated visits during the calendar year, we have captured 8694 self-observed shocks and stressors, i.e. "threats" (3550 in India & 5144 in Nepal), and 5859 responses to cope or adapt to these threats (2553 in India, 3306 in Nepal).
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  • 00_README.txt
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  • 01_village_.pdf
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  • 01_village_2.pdf
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  • 02_inst_.pdf
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  • 02_inst_action.pdf
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  • 02_inst_network.pdf
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  • 03_Household_m1.pdf
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  • 03_Household_m10.pdf
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  • 03_Household_m2.pdf
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  • 03_Household_m8.pdf
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  • 03_Household_m9.pdf
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  • 04_threat_m1-10.pdf
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  • 05_response_m1-10.pdf
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  • 06_livelihood_action_m2-10.pdf
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  • 07_master code sheet Nepal.xlsx
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  • 07_master code sheet_India_.xlsx
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Citation and access

Data access level:

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Research principal:

Principal's reference number:

  • SLU.sol.2023.IÄ-21

Data contains personal data:

Yes

Type of personal data:

Data contains personal data about household demographics, livelihoods, socio-economic and environmental stressors, and interaction with political actors and public institutions.

Code key exists:

Yes

Sensitive personal data:

Yes

Data contain other protected information:

Yes

Type of protected information:

Data contains information about household ethnicity & caste, interactions with political actors, and details about personal challenges and losses, data which is sensitive and needs to be protected.

Citation:

Language:

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Population:

The population comprises households in rural India (Sirmaur and Chamba Districts) and Nepal (Ramechhap and Khavre Districts).

Time method:

Sampling procedure:

Description of sampling:

Villages were selected purposefully to include localities that survey staff could access during the pandemic, at a time when travel was tightly restricted. Most of our survey staff were living in rural villages at the time of the survey, and we therefore selected their home villages. Within each villages, we selected 30 households randomly from the government records to administer household surveys.

Time period(s) investigated:

Data format/data structure:

Data collection Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Mode of collection:

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Description of the mode of collection:

Survey were conducted by trained field-staff who visited respondents in their homes.

Time period(s) for data collection:

2020-04-01 - 2021-05-01

Data collector:

Sample size:

480

Number of responses:

480

Source of the data:

  • Population group

Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

Geographic description:

Data was collected in the Kavre and Ramechhap Districts of Nepal and Sirmaur and Chamba Districts of Himachal Pradesh, India

Lowest geographic unit:

Municipality

Highest geographic unit:

Municipality

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit:

Department of Urban and Rural Development

Ethics Review:

Swedish Ethical Review Authority - 2020-00944

Funding

Funding agency:

Award number:

2018-05875

Award title:

Institutional networks and self-organized adaptation: Tracing the democratic architectures of climate response

Topic and keywords

CESSDA Topic Classification:

Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2025:

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Experiences of India’s community health workers and women during the COVID-19 pandemicOpens in a new tab

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